Apple, Google Expanded Phone Production in India: US Treasury Secretary

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday said that technology companies like Apple and Google have expanded their phone production in India, and as the US looks forward to the future, she is eager to deepen ties in the technology sector.  United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was speaking at the roundtable with US … Read more

Google’s Bard feels the company’s handling of layoffs was ‘impersonal’: Report

Google’s Bard has been facing a set of disgruntled questions from employees after CEO Sundar Pichai last week requested them to spend two to four hours conversing with the AI chatbot. Since chatbots powered by artificial intelligence improve their communication skills by interacting with human-written text, Pichai sent a mail to employees to keep an … Read more

Meta Steps Up Chatbot Buzz With New Tool for Training AI Systems

Meta Platforms introduced a research tool for building artificial intelligence-based chatbots and other products, seeking to create a buzz for its own technology in a field lately focused on internet rivals Google and Microsoft. The tool, LLaMA, is Meta‘s latest entry in the realm of large language models, which “have shown a lot of promise in … Read more

China Prohibits Tech Companies From Offering ChatGPT Access: Report

In yet another clampdown on big tech companies, China has instructed them not to offer access to ChatGPT services on their platforms, either directly or via third parties, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Nikkei Asia. Beijing’s clampdown on ChatGPT, the hugely popular AI-powered chatbot, comes as little surprise to many in China’s … Read more

YouTube’s new feature will let content creators reach wider audience: Here’s how – Times of India

YouTube has announced that its AI-enabled feature, which allows creators to quickly and easily dub their videos into multiple languages, is now available to a wider group. The feature is aimed at content creators so that they can reach a broader audience with their videos.“Starting today, we’re excited to expand the availability of this feature … Read more

Chatgpt: How ChatGPT’s popularity is helping hackers target Facebook, Google accounts – Times of India

ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by OpenAI, has been all over the news of late. Its popularity can be gauged by the fact that it took only 5 days for an AI chatbot to reach a million users. However, it seems that this recognition has made ChatGPT a hotspot for hackers and exploit it for their … Read more

Google: Google disobeying CCI orders, charging app developers 11-26% commission: ADIF – Times of India

The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) has claimed that Google is blatantly disobeying the Competition Commission of India (CCI) orders in India, charging app developers an exorbitant 11-26 percent commission. ADIF is the policy thinktank focusing on Indian digital startups.Google recently changed its billing requirement for app developers wherein it said that if a … Read more

Fancode: FanCode partners Google Cloud to ‘enhance’ its live sports streaming service – Times of India

Sports streaming and commerce platform FanCode is collaborating with Google Cloud for its service. The platform, which is a subsidiary of Dream Sports, will use the newly acquired cloud technologies to “build a data-driven approach towards fan engagement” for “enhancing the distribution of mainstream sports content at scale and forging deeper relationships with fans.”Data-driven approach … Read more

Here’s Why Google, Apple, Meta May Have to Pay Network Costs in EU

The European Commission on Thursday launched a consultation on the future of Europe’s telecoms sector, starting a process that could lead to requiring Alphabet’s Google, Apple, Meta Platform and Netflix to pay some network costs. For more than two decades Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other operators have lobbied for leading technology companies … Read more

Mozilla has a privacy-related warning for all Android users – Times of India

Google announced last year that it is making it mandatory for all developers to include data safety labels on their apps. The company said the change is part of its efforts to honour user privacy. These labels will make Android users aware of what private data is accessed by the app and what is shared … Read more